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  1. What's with the manual trans hype?

    I love banging gears and have an older Bronco in a 4 speed, but I have to agree. Especially on more technical trails, auto is just a lot easier. Super low gearing obviously helps against having to slip the clutch constantly, but auto still leaves less to worry about when you are on tough...
  2. Advice for softer suspension/ride in 2 door OBX non-SAS

    Agree on 5100s. I have ran that series before and did not find them to be soft at all. They are both valved firmer and are digressive. The SAS actually rides pretty well on road, a lot softer than my Jeep.
  3. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    That wasn't directed towards you. Just that I'm done defending my position. There is a lot of signal to noise on here already. I'm glad OP is ok. It's always good to remember what can happen when things wrong. Probably a reminder that satellite coms could save a life of your in the...
  4. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    I don't mean to or care to argue on the internet. My point is that I have been doing this at least 2 decades or more longer than some here and have done this quite a bit. I'm also OSHA certified in rigging. People should use the gear they feel is right for their situation because they are...
  5. Ball clearance question

    This is the answer. You likely want a drop hitch anyway to tow close to flat, but that depends on your trailer. I use a drop hitch on mine.
  6. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    edit: Agree on the Jeep pull being too hard. I don't like people I don't know helping on recovery or even spotting. None of this is to blame OP. Things happen, and in this case the Jeep driver sent 'er a little too hard.
  7. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    Soft shackles are fairly new. No one ever advised for shackles, historically being steel, as being a fuse. Nothing has changed. The fuse should ALWAYS be the failed recovery. Any other methodology is dangerous. That is what you are missing. If you can't recover without doing it in a safe...
  8. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    I usually don't mind being stuck. It's part of the fun and how you learn the limits of your driving and your rig. I heard that British or Australians often had a cup of tea while contemplating a recovery.
  9. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    You don't want a "fuse" in recovery gear. You don't EVER want to pull hard enough to break any of that gear. Most soft shackles are 50k plus rated and I want that as high as possible while fitting my attachment points. If you are using a 12k winch and 2-3 snatch blocks/rings, you want enough...
  10. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    That was bad wording on my part. When I said I 100% blame the shackle, I did not mean to say that I 100% blame the shackle for causing the incident in its entirety. I mean to say that I absolutely fault the shackle for failing. You don't want those giving way on a static pull either...
  11. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    Of course I did. He was too fast even if it would have been less stuck and rolled out. From my post on this page: "Yes, pulling through uncleared deep snow was an issue along too much speed."
  12. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    I'm not taking wrong messages from anything. There are all kinds of conjecture and uninformed opinions in this thread. There were absolutely issues with this recovery as indicated by the results. But using a kinetic device was not the issue. Yes, pulling through uncleared deep snow was an...
  13. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    Are you aware of kinetic recovery gear? It wasn't a tow strap. There were issues involved, but a kinetic strap is a useful piece of gear and you absolutely use it with rolling momentum.
  14. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    I 100% blame the soft shackle. The rating on those cheap ones is a joke. Hard to say, but those are dangerous.
  15. My soft shackle failure experience 🤕 -- The Off-Road Recovery That Almost Killed Me

    You don't take up the slack. That's the whole point of a snatch strap. They are made to stretch and use that energy to pull you out.
  16. BRONCO SEVERE DUTY STEERING UPGRADE KIT now available from Ford Performance Parts!

    Yeah, tie rod at the wrong place is bad, rack is reeeeeaaaaly bad. I've had to do a lot of trail repairs and/or limp back to camp, but that would not be a good time.
  17. Check this NOW if you have a 2021 Bronco -- cracks on rear control arm upper brackets

    I'll have to check. 21 sas. Have not wheeled it much as we've been taking the jeep but now I'm curious. Are any on the cracks you found on the lowers or all on the uppers?
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